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Thursday, September 07, 2017

Survey: White Christians are now a minority of US population

The share of Americans who identify as white and Christian has dropped below 50 percent, a transformation fueled by immigration and by growing numbers of people who reject organized religion altogether, according to a new survey released Wednesday.

Christians overall remain a large majority in the U.S., at nearly 70 percent of Americans. However, white Christians, once predominant in the country's religious life, now comprise only 43 percent of the population, according to the Public Religion Research Institute, or PRRI, a polling organization based in Washington.

The survey also found that more than a third of all Republicans say they are white evangelicals, and nearly three-quarter identify as white Christians. By comparison, white Christians have become a minority in the Democratic Party, shrinking from 47 percent a decade ago, to 29 percent now. Forty percent of Democrats say they have no religious affiliation.

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9 comments:

Anonymous said...

We still Control this country > OUR Country > A Christian
Country !!!! And always will !!!! We ain't go'in away

Anonymous said...

Wonderful news.

Anonymous said...

Bull crap!!

Anonymous said...

Does that mean the government will pay for everything for us now? Do we get affirmative action?

Anonymous said...

12:30...I'm with you, agree 100%.

Anonymous said...

I'll take my handouts now. How do I sign up for section 8?

Anonymous said...

12:30 can't do math.

Anonymous said...

That was the plan,wasn't it?

Anonymous said...

It only takes one catastrophe to change all that.